How to fast file transfer from pc to pendrive ? Please help me

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I want to transfer big file like 40-50gb from pc to pendrive but I’m getting very low speed while transferring like 1mbps just…

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Try Teracopy.

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Your computer performance makes a huge impact on data transfer speed. Better RAM, a better processor, and a virus-free system always improve data transfer speed. Though you cannot improve your processor, you can upgrade your RAM and you can remove malware. Also, it depends on your HDD transfer/receive rates, so do USB, if they both have lesser rates limit, then they won’t transfer or receive anything that faster!

Transfer one file at a time

You need to transfer one file at a time. If you transfer more than one file, you will get less speed. Remember, the computer will not share speed equally, instead, it will reduce the speed. If you want to send multiple files, select all the files, and send them at once. When sending all files at once, the computer considers it as one file and it transfers at full speed.

Close all running programs

When you want to speed up USB file transfer, you need to close the remaining running programs. When you run more programs, programs consume computer resources like RAM and disk space. This will have an effect on data transfer speed.

Use single USB at a time

Don’t use more than one USB at a time. Use only one USB and send only one file at a time.

Use USB 3.0

You can buy a USB 3.0 pen drive. Because the maximum speed of USB 2.0 is 60 MBps(MegaBytes per second) where the maximum speed of USB 3.0 is 640 MBps.

Change removal policy

“Quick Removal” and “Better performance” are the two removal policies available for USB. By default, Windows enables the “Quick Removal” policy. In the “Quick removal” policy, you can remove your pen drive when you want. You will not lose data, Even if you remove the pen drive without clicking on “safely remove hardware and eject media”. But in the “Better performance” policy you must remove the USB safely otherwise there is a chance that you may lose data. If you enable the “Better performance” policy, you may get better speed.

Follow the below steps to enable a “Better performance” policy.

  • Place your pen drive in a USB port.
  • Go to “My computer”.
  • Right-click on your USB name.
  • Click on Properties. You will see “Properties”
  • Click on “Hardware” in the top menu.
  • Select your device name.
  • Click on “Properties” as shown in the above screenshot. You will see your device property
  • Click on “Change Settings” shown in the above screenshot. You will see another property window.
  • Click on “Policies” on the top menu.
  • Check the “Better Performance” option.
  • Click “Ok”.

Now your USB work in a better performance removal policy. Though it is a better performance option, I did not find a huge impact on file transfer speed. Of course, there is a slight improvement. It is your wish to use this option or not.

Another Solution:

STEP 1 - Optimize the flash drive for performance

  1. Plug in the device to the PC.
  2. Open The Computer Management Console
    a) Windows 8
    b) Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
    3. On the Left side select Device Manager
  3. On the right side expand Disk Drives
    5. Right-click on the flash drive, then select Properties .
  4. Click the Policy tab.
  5. Select Optimize for performance , then click OK .

STEP 2 - Format the flash drive

  1. Double-click My Computer .
  2. Right-click on the flash drive, then select Format .
  3. In the File system list, click NTFS .
  4. Click Start .
  5. Click OK to start formatting.

GOOD LUCK!

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Compress it before sending. Speed will improve a little as the system does not need to check for folder hierarchies and verify paths and create the same at the destination.